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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Edward Helmore

Meta faces backlash over AI policy that lets bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a conference in Denver, Colorado, on 29 July 2024. Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

A backlash is brewing against Meta over what it permits its AI chatbots to say.

An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, showed the social media giant’s guidelines for its chatbots allowed the AI to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual”, generate false medical information, and assist users in arguing that Black people are “dumber than white people”.

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